Program Communications Specialist, Onsite

Responsibilities

• Create a strategic communications strategy and action plan that aligns to customer's vision and goals.
• Work with and advise partners, including management, leadership, sponsors, and internal and external stakeholders, to determine how best to execute communications to targeted internal or external audiences.
• Provide communication counsel to strengthen the program area's messaging impact.
• Develop a variety of program-specific communications materials, such as accomplishment reports, articles, presentations, and marketing collateral.
• Leverage trade shows, conferences, and internal or external marketing activities to promote program initiatives.
• Maintain and create content for websites.
• Collaborate with other communication specialists, technical writers and editors, creative designers, and researchers to improve the general quality and effectiveness of program communications.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in communications, English, journalism or other relevant humanities or science field; or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE L-level security clearance.

Preferred

• Proven ability to design, develop, and implement strategic communication plans and supporting tactics.
• Proficiency in widely used office and web-based applications, including Outlook, Teams, Adobe, SharePoint, and WordPress.
• Skills in web maintenance and content creation.
• Strong knowledge of communications fundamentals, strategy, and tactics.
• Experience with creating marketing collateral, maintaining websites, and planning events.
• Ability to collaborate, form positive working relationships, and team with others.
• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and prioritize work.
• Good negotiating skills, project management abilities, and an ability to work with a variety of people independently and in a team environment.
• Demonstrated experience working with U.S. government agencies.
• An understanding of Sandia's primary programs and mission areas, publication policies, practices, and procedures, including copyright laws.

Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home)
• Generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*